i recall when amigomio brought the editorials in the newspaper to my attention several months ago concerning their charge that monterrey is some kind of sex tourism destination with world class distinction.
at the time, i was baffled as to how any self respecting journalist could conclude such things when it is so blatantly obvious to anyone with experience in the world class venues that there is simply no truth to it whatsoever. such conclusions are laughable to anyone with experience in the more notorious venues of the world.
but, now their agenda has become quite clear to me. as a preface to the unsubstantiated sensationalized charges against parthenon, they were pre-loading their public audience with a ridiculous, but titillating, pre-misconception that monterrey is some kind of sex tourism destination, and then following-up with an even more egregious and titillating charge that not only is monterrey a sex tourism destination, but it is also an illicit sex tourism destination for the procurement of ****d girls.
the newspapers created the story, one lie built upon another, with an eye toward escalating the public reaction even further so as to prolong their agenda, and sell more newspapers. it it not far fetched to believe that with the decline of credibility in journalism these days, some reporters might have even considered providing the under-aged girls in order to prolong the benefits of their fabricated story.
mexican society is disgusted by the exploitation of under-aged girls, and it is even disgusted by the existence of what is otherwise a comparatively mild venue for sexual entertainment. that's why the newspaper believes it can sensationalize. the newspapers know that the buying public will react with disgust, outrage, and morbid curiosity, unlike the buying public in the notorious world class venues where public outrage is virtually non-existent with respect to their tolerance for such things, just more evidence that monterrey does not fit this category as a world class sex tourism destination.
even a subtle reminder in the media to mexican society that mild sexual entertainment is going on in monterrey, and certainly where charges of elicit exploitation of children is possibly occurring, one will see an extraordinary reaction to even the very slightest suggestion that such things may exist in their society, which is exactly what occurred in the parthenon case.
so, the reality is this...monterrey is not a world wide sex destination, far from it. it is even less of a destination for the exploitation of ****d children. what we've been witnessing is simply the sensationalizing of the story by the newspapers to sell product to a public audience that they realize is sufficiently outraged by such things as to bring passionate reaction, titillation, morbid curiosity, and an innocent, naive craving for fabricated and sensationalized news. and, by the way, this is actually contrary to a true sex tourism destination where the public could not care less about the degree to which sex is exploited into a huge and often illicit industry.
the disservice that occurs to monterrey when the newspapers sensationalize, and the government and the public reacts to fabricated charges, is to inadvertently promote to the predators in society that such things actually do exist in monterrey, when in reality there is no such thing occurring. there is a danger that perception can become reality.
by falsely sensationalizing, then over-reacting to what is clearly a false and sensationalized story, it promotes a belief that eventually becomes reality in the minds of misinformed child predators, thereby possibly attracting an element from all over the world that mexican society does not want to attract.
if false accusations continue as a result of the media's self serving interests, the demand for such things is potentially likely to increase as sex tourists and child predators mistakenly flock to monterrey on the word of the newspaper reports, with high hopes and expectations, just as sex tourists flock to bangkok from thailand's willful promotion of itself as a venue for sex tourists and child molesters.
[quote=amigomio]i must emphasize what usb posted.
contray to what has been reported on different newspapers here in monterrey, our city is not a sex paradise that offers minors all up and down a "zona roja" that does not exist here.
the mexican goverment nor the local authorities condone such things.
if an article comes out that there are minors working at a certain club, the municipality will do it's job and shut down the place, like it did at parthenon.
there is zero tolerance in monterrey for those things.[/quote]
